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Long term commitments of India bring prosperity for Afghans:Muslimyar
Afghanistan’s upper house of the parliament has praised India efforts for changing Afghanistan into a stable and secure country, demanding India to build the electricity dam for Konar River.
Indian Ambassador to Afghanistan has stated that India long term commitments for Afghanistan continues, and will stay with Afghanistan under any circumstances, saying India has the honor building of two big projects in Afghanistan and efforts are underway to launch joint efforts for significant change in the sector of reconstruction in Afghanistan.
India Ambassador to Afghanistan Manpreet Vohra What important has the mutual relationships of Afghanistan- India is our Prime Minister has visited Afghanistan twice in 5 months inaugurating the two biggest projects in Afghanistan, joint efforts of both countries will bring basic changes, and India will stand by Afghanistan.”
Meanwhile head of the senate house Fazel HadiMuslimyar said,” We appreciate the efforts of India in Afghanistan, and we still demand India to build the Konar electricity dam, the following electricity dam will resolve the power shortage of the majority residents of Afghanistan.”
India has implemented two big projects in Afghanistan one is the construction of Afghanistan parliament and the second one is Salama dam which was inaugurated few days back by the participation of Afghanistan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani and India Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Herat province, Salma dam costs $270 million and $90 million dollars.
At the end of their session all senators have insisted if India despite of construction efforts to equip Afghan security forces to enable them defending terrorism within their territory.
Reported by Rafi Sediqee
Shahabuddin Delawar, the acting Minister of Mines and Petroleum, met with a delegation from the Siberian oil and gas sector in Kabul this week to discuss investment opportunities.
According to the ministry, the visiting Russians expressed interest in investing in Afghanistan oil and gas mines.
In response, Delawar welcomed their interest and stated that the ministry would cooperate with them and provide necessary facilities for their endeavors.
The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has ratified the national budget for fiscal year 1403 (solar year) after a “thorough review and consideration.”
This year’s national budget has been meticulously crafted to address the needs and priorities of the people, IEA spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said on Tuesday.
As with the previous year, the budget has been drawn up exclusively using domestic revenues.
The Ministry of Finance will, as always, incorporate the national budget for the fiscal year 1403 into the country’s financial system, Mujahid said.
All associated sectors, both ordinary and developmental, will be managed with full transparency and in accordance with standard procedures, he added.
No further details were given.
Nooruddin Azizi, Acting Minister of Industry and Commerce, met with Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk to discuss trade and investment, it was announced on Friday.
Sergey Pavlov, General Director of Russian Railways, and Dmitry Zverev, Deputy Minister of Transport of Russia, were also present in the meeting, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce said in a statement.
According to the statement, the two sides discussed increasing the volume of trade, preferential tariff for Afghan goods, Russian investment in mines and water dams in Afghanistan, and Afghanistan’s role in the International North–South Transport Corridor.
They also discussed about reducing the cost of transportation through the Russian railway, removing the export tax on basic materials, arranging the trip of the delegation to the ports of Astrakhan and Makhachkala, and holding a trade connectivity conference and an expo of Afghan products in Moscow.
Azizi met with the Russian deputy PM on the sidelines of the Kazan Forum – the 15th International Economic Forum of Russia and the Islamic World.
He also met with representatives of a number of Tatarstan and Russia companies and encouraged them to invest in Afghanistan.
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